Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Messier Aviation Engineering Co

From Graces Guide
April 1943.

Messier of 175 Piccadilly, London, W1

1936 Louis Sylvio Armandias came to England with a licence from Messier in France to produce their equipment in the UK

1937 Specialists in undercarriages and hydraulics. [1]

Joined with Rubery, Owen and Co to set up Rubery Owen Messier in a factory at Warrington

1946 Messier Aircraft Equipment Ltd was a member of the Rubery-Owen group of companies; it designed and manufactured hydraulic and electro-hydraulic equipment for aircraft and industrial applications, including the Conveyancer fork lift truck[2]. Messier Aircraft Equipment became Electro-Hydraulics (Messier) Ltd[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  2. The Times, Mar 14, 1946
  3. The Times, May 22, 1946